Nutrition and Wellness Units 4 and 5

Material that carries information about how a living thing will look and function

• Genes

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Cognitive Control

The study of heredity and variations in living organisms

• Genes

• Genetic Predisposition

• Genetics

• Compound

The social pressure to act in ways, believe certain things, or conform to group expectations in order to be accepted by the group

• Groupthink

• Ideology

• Peer pressure

• Wellness

The complex circumstances in which one lives, works, and plays that affect their health outcomes

• Social determinants of health

• Health and Wellness

• Groupthink

• Heredity

The transformation of agricultural products into foods that humans can consume, cook, or store.

• Food processing

• Food storage

• Foodborne Illness

• Food rationing

The study of the composition of foods and the changes they go through naturally or by food processing

• Food rationing

• Food processing

• Food production

• Food science

The presence of an unwanted substance or impurity

• Contamination

• Bacteria

• Icky

• Fungi

Single-celled organisms that thrive in diverse environments

• Yeast

• Bacteria

• Food posioning

• Foodborne Illness

Substances used to prevent decay

• Preservatives

• pH levels

• Food science

• Microorganisms

A type of non-enzymatic reaction between sugars and proteins that causes browning of foods

• Foodborne Illness

• Food science

• Bacteria

• Maillard Reaction